THE-BOOK-OF-LIES-Aliester-Crowley

31ΚΕΦΑΛΗ Lambda-Alpha}THE GAROTTEIT moves from motion into rest, and rests from restinto motion. These IT does alway, for time is not.So that IT does neither of these things. IT doesTHAT one thing which we must express by twothings neither of which possesses any rationalmeaning.Yet ITS doing, which is no-doing, is simple and yetcomplex, is neither free nor necessary.For all these ideas express Relation; and IT, comprehendingall Relation in ITS simplicity, is out ofall Relation even with ITSELF.All this is true and false; and it is true and false tosay that it is true and false.Strain forth thine Intelligence, O man, O worthyone, O chosen of IT, to apprehend the discourseof THE MASTER; for thus thy reason shall atlast break down, as the fetter is struck from aslave's throat.[72]COMMENTARY ({Lambda-Alpha})The number 31 refers to the Hebrew word LA, whichmeans "not".A new character is now introduce under the title ofIT, I being the secret, and T being the manifested,phallus.This is, however, only one aspect of IT, which mayperhaps be defined as the Ultimate Reality.IT is apparently a more exalted thing than THAT.This chapter should be compared with Chapter 11;that method of destroying the reason by formulatingcontradictions is definitely inculcated.The reason is situated in Daath, which correspondsthe the throat in human anatomy. Hence the title of thechapter, "The Garotte".The idea is that, by forcing the mind to follow, andas far as possible to realise, the language of Beyondthe Abyss, the student will succeed in bringing hisreason under control.As soon as the reason is vanquished, the garotte isremoved; then the influence of the supernals (Kether,Chokmah, Binah), no longer inhibited by Daath, can